Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

fight directortochoreographer

A fight director already meets 24% of what the choreographer role asks for. The move turns on 25 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fight director
24%
Overlap1
To choreographer
12 Skills carried over
25 Required, not held
82.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

24%

Learning distance A rebuild

82.1/ 100

1 Share of the choreographer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fight director profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A choreographer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a fight director already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create new fight sequences
  • intellectual property law
  • labour legislation
  • manage artistic career
  • manage personal professional development
  • monitor art scene developments

What stands in the way is 25 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A choreographer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fight director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create new fight sequences communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held read dance scores communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held prepare performance training session communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor art scene developments information skills
  • already held manage artistic career communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held work in an international environment communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the choreographer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 18 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held develop a choreographic language required
  • required, not held develop a choreographic work required
  • required, not held ensure longevity of choreography required
  • required, not held create choreographic material required
  • required, not held define artistic approach required
  • required, not held describe artistic experience required
  • required, not held design flying movements required
  • required, not held develop an artistic framework required
  • required, not held develop codified movements required
  • required, not held develop proposed choreographic language required
  • required, not held develop the physical language required
  • required, not held identify performers' needs required
  • required, not held train artists in flying required
  • required, not held understand the architecture of a live performance required
  • required, not held understand the conceptual dimension of a live performance required
  • required, not held understand the emotional dimension of a performance required
  • required, not held understand the physical language of a live performance required
  • required, not held work with broad variety of personalities required
  • optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style optional
  • optional, not held identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held notate different dances optional
  • optional, not held practise flying movements optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held teach dance optional
02 management skills 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held assemble an artistic team required
  • required, not held be a role model in community arts required
  • required, not held create a work environment where performers can develop their potential required
  • required, not held develop methods for choreographic integration required
  • required, not held rehearse artist fly movements required
  • optional, not held inspire enthusiasm for dance optional
  • optional, not held match needs of target community with your skills optional
  • optional, not held stimulate performers' imagination optional
03 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain safe working conditions in performing arts required
  • optional, not held analyse music score optional
04 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held art-historical values required
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held correct potentially harmful movements optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a choreographer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create new fight sequences skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held manage artistic career skill
  • already held manage personal professional development skill
  • already held monitor art scene developments skill
  • already held prepare performance training session skill
  • already held work with respect for own safety skill
  • already held manage artistic project skill
  • already held read dance scores skill
  • already held show intercultural awareness skill
  • already held work in an international environment skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse music score optional
  • optional, not held correct potentially harmful movements optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate specialisation in a dance tradition optional
  • optional, not held demonstrate technical expertise of your dance style optional
  • optional, not held identify requirements of the work in the artistic performance optional
  • optional, not held inspire enthusiasm for dance optional
  • optional, not held match needs of target community with your skills optional
  • optional, not held notate different dances optional
  • optional, not held practise flying movements optional
  • optional, not held select music for performance optional
  • optional, not held stimulate performers' imagination optional
  • optional, not held teach dance optional
17 held skills the choreographer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt fighting techniques for performance skill
  • not needed by the target role adjust the work to the venue skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse your fight discipline expertise skill
  • not needed by the target role coach performers in your fight discipline skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate expectations of fight actions skill
  • not needed by the target role define an approach to your fight dicipline skill
  • not needed by the target role develop strategy to solve problems skill
  • not needed by the target role engage in fencing skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure the longevity of the fight actions skill
  • not needed by the target role memorise lines skill
  • not needed by the target role perform risk assessment for fight actions skill
  • not needed by the target role performing arts fights legal regulations knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read musical score skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise performers' fights skill
  • not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
  • not needed by the target role write risk assessment on performing arts production skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held art-historical values required
Index

Other moves recorded from fight director

Full index of moves from fight director

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.